iDEM Project EU

The European project iDEM will create AI tools that simplify and make information more understandable for participating in democratic debate, targeting people with communication difficulties or intellectual disabilities. The project is lead by the University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) joins collaboration with other 10 European partners to carry out the project, including universities, institutions, social entities and technology companies. The iDEM project, began in January 2024 and will last three years, will develop inclusive technologies aimed at groups currently excluded and marginalized from democratic debates. To this day, numerous social groups, such as people with literacy difficulties or intellectual disabilities, continue to be excluded from democratic debate processes, because the documents on the public issues under discussion do not adapt to their needs. The European iDEM project, led by the UPF, wants to contribute to reversing this situation, with the design of technologies and software programs that simplify documents on public affairs to adapt them to their needs using AI and data processing techniques. natural language. The project, is funded by the EU’s Horizon program.